Moving swiftly on, here are the gigs I teased from the back pages of this week's NME:
The Beat and Neville Staple @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 28/03/2008 Lowgold @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 04/04/2008 The Ting Tings @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 05/04/2008SOLD OUT! Dashboard Confessional (acoustic) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/04/2008SOLD OUT! Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong and Beggars @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 27/04/2008 Kimya Dawson @ Duke of York, Brighton - 10/05/2008 MGMT @ Digital, Brighton - 19/05/2008 Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs @ The Barfly, Brighton - 24/06/2008
Josh Ritter and Dawn Landes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008 Ardentes, Ejector Seat and The Reason @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/03/2008 Two Fingers of Fire Water, Josie Jo, First Night Nerves and Becky Jerams @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 26/03/2008 Cut The Blue Wire, Blue Sky Summer, Munroe Effect and Castillo @ Railway Rifles Club, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008 Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 26/03/2008 Efterklang, Our Broken Garden and Kumiss @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/03/2008 Ruby Soho @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008 Ghosts of Pegasus Bridge and Iris @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/03/2008 Chris Helme (ex-Seahorses) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008 Navi (Michael Jackson tribute) @ Chicago Rock Café, Fareham - 26/03/2008 Gerry & The Pacemakers, Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 27/03/2008 Rocks & Gravel @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 27/03/2008 Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute) and Alan Davey's Gunslinger (ex-Hawkwind) @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/03/2008 Sam Isaacs @ Komedia, Brighton - 27/03/2008 Attack! Vipers!, The Psyche Out Musikland Big Band and Action & Action @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 27/03/2008 4ft Fingers, Farwest Leader and 6inches2small @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/03/2008 The Insatiable Love Rats, 3 Penny Puppet and James Tippins @ The 5th Hants, Portsmouth - 27/03/2008 Thinking For Tuesday, Brassneck and Hello Country @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/03/2008 Powerbulge @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/03/2008 Rosalie Deighton @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 27/03/2008 The Queens @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/03/2008 Parka, Sterling and Caspian Sea Society @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008 The Horse @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 28/03/2008 Sinaloa, Don't Mess With Texas and Facel Vega @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008 PJ Wright @ Park Centre, Ryde - 28/03/2008 Architects @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/03/2008 Justin Currie (Del Amitri) @ Komedia, Brighton - 28/03/2008 Skulls, Little Death and The Cold Cold Hearts @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 28/03/2008 Aiden @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008 Flamboyant Bella, Fresh Legs and Tripwires @ Hamptons, Southampton - 28/03/2008 Off The Wall (Pink Floyd tribute) @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 28/03/2008 The Jamm (Jam tribute) and The Model Village @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008 The Red Clay Band @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 28/03/2008 The Fabulous Rockmen and The Decors @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/03/2008SOLD OUT! One Weird Fish @ The Spotted Cow, Cowplain - 28/03/2008 Sam Isaac, Major Melon and Rawkis @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 29/03/2008 Gallows @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008 Frank Turner @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/03/2008 Elapse-O, You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons and The Man The Moth @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008 The Orchestra (ex-ELO) @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 29/03/2008 Longview, Exit Calm and The Aviators @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008 The Dawn Chorus and Del Boy French @ Lennons, Southampton - 29/03/2008 Martin Stephenson @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 29/03/2008 Gunz'n'Rozes (G'n'R tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/03/2008 Power of Three @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008 Timshel @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 29/03/2008 Tapestry of Delights @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008 Cool Banana, Every Oceans Tide, Joby and Dirty Scavenger @ Café Havana, Southsea - 29/03/2008 Brian Houston @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 29/03/2008 Birds of Wales @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/03/2008 Eileen Rose, Michael McDermott and Loz Bridge @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/03/2008 Ska Cubano @ The Pavilion, Brighton - 30/03/2008SOLD OUT! Recreation, The Rebel Ching, The Ex-Patriots and Castillo @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/03/2008 Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/03/2008 Quantic Soul Orchestra and Robert Luis @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 30/03/2008 RTP, Tali Trow and The Well Being @ Drift, Southsea - 30/03/2008 The Architects and Thinking For Tuesday @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 30/03/2008 Simon Stevens and Timshel @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/03/2008 Kris Kristofferson @ The Dome, Brighton - 31/03/2008 Jake Shillingford (My Life Story) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/03/2008 The Titanic Survivors and The Queue @ Hamptons, Southampton - 31/03/2008 Aitch, Paddy Taylor and LX Tamasi @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 01/04/2008 Amy Can Flyy, Rattlesnake and Spilt Milk @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/04/2008 We Smoke Fags, My Favourite Series and 303 Did This To Me @ The Railway, Winchester - 01/04/2008 Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 01/04/2008 Tristan Seume, Massimo Osako and Tim Cheatle @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 01/04/2008 Mystery Jets @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/04/2008 Mark Morris & The Mummys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/04/2008 Crystal Castles @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/05/2008 The Subways @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008 Cute Is What We Aim For and Boys Like Girls @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/05/2008 Beth Rowley @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 02/06/2008 Blue Oyster Cult @ The Brook, Southampton - 08/06/2008
In addition to the Southsea Mafia DJs spinning the best tunes in town, tonight's Waster includes the first heat of the official Portsmouth Guitar Hero 2008 competition. The top three scorers go through to the final where, along with the three best from heat two, they'll be in with a chance of winning a specially produced, limited edition, XBOX 360. The competition is free to enter and runs from 2215 to 2330, with one attempt per player per night; doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after.
Southsea's Café Havana hosts Club Jamaica this Friday, 28th March, featuring the Kings HiFi Soundsystem with Don Zebby, Bush Doctor, Mr Finn and Culture B plus the Club Jamaica DJs. Entrance is £5 on the door.
South coast based Finnish singer-songwriterLiisa Henrikson and pop/soul act Waters Edge are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms in Portsmouth tomorrow, Thursday 27th March. Those brave enough to take the stage for the Open Mike session will have their chance either before the guest sets from 1900 to 2000, or afterward from 2200 to 0000. Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
And that's me done for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been tuned into the new Portishead album, which is really rather good. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be unleashing my flying monkeys on an unsuspecting public.
And that's quite enough of that; here are the gigs I purloined from the back pages of this week's NME:
Make Model @ Boileroom, Guildford - 04/04/2008 Blood Red Shoes and These New Puritans @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 08/04/2008 We Smoke Fags @ Ocean Rooms, Brighton - 11/04/2008 Yoav @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/04/2008 Yoav @ The Barfly, Brighton - 17/04/2008 Soulwax and 2manydjs @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 23/04/2008 Esser @ Lennons, Southampton - 03/05/2008 We Smoke Fags @ Atrium, Southsea - 12/05/2008 The Whitest Boy Alive @ Coalition, Brighton - 19/05/2008 One Night Only and The Wallbirds @ Student Union, Southampton University - 19/05/2008 Delays @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/05/2008
The events above will be snipped, pruned and pasted onto the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I get a spare five minutes (which could be any time over the Easter weekend, depending on hangovers, guitar lessons or how distracted I get by the shiny things of life). As I continually allude, the Events Calendar is a most useful tool for the gig monkey about town, including as it does many wonderful local gigs. Like these:
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/03/2008 Kids Can't Fly, We're What's Left and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/03/2008 Luke Pickett, Luke Leighfield, I Confess and Somewhere Between Here And The Stereo @ Unit 22, Southampton - 19/03/2008 Major Melon and Alphabetts @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 19/03/2008 Chumbawumba @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/03/2008 Cool Banana, Life With Max and Castillo @ Drift, Southsea - 19/03/2008 Blisskrieg, Fantastic Castle and I See Sparks @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/03/2008 Buck 65, Jon & Roy and Theory @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/03/2008 Marjorie Thompson @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 20/03/2008 Devil Sold His Soul, The Mirimar Disaster and Stars Driven By Devils @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/03/2008 Fish @ Komedia, Brighton - 20/03/2008 Dave Pegg & PJ Wright @ Lysses House Hotel, Fareham - 20/03/2008 Dan De Squeran, The Family, The Madisons and The Visitors @ Drift, Southsea - 20/03/2008 The Faux @ Unit 22, Southampton - 20/03/2008 Dragon Eye Morrison, Driven By Suffering, Contra and Belligerence @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/03/2008 Pendulum (DJ set) and Pritchard v's Dainton (Dirty Sanchez) @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/03/2008 Victor Menace, The Moulettes, Ruth Theodore and Nathan Ball @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 20/03/2008 Hi On Maiden (Iron Maiden tribute) The Brook, Southampton - 21/03/2008 Show Of Hands, John Tams & Barry Coope and The Young Coppers @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 21/03/2008 SOLD OUT! Plastic Toys and Anon @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/03/2008 The Stig Noise Soundsystem and They Came And Ate Us @ The Railway, Winchester - 21/03/2008 Example @ Unit 22, Southampton - 21/03/2008 Skaville UK (feat. Rhoda Dakar) @ Café Havana, Southsea - 21/03/2008 Chunk of Funk @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 21/03/2008 Muck & The Mires, Thee Exciters and The Sandinistas @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/03/2008 Kathryn Tickell and Breabach @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 22/03/2008 SOLD OUT! Jean Genie (Bowie tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/03/2008 Oysterband and The Men They Couldn't Hang @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 22/03/2008 The Infadels (DJ set) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 22/03/2008 Barbwire Bob @ The Coach & Horses, Titchfield - 21/03/2008 Thomas Tantrum, The Glad Rags, mes memoires and The Dress Up Room @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/03/2008 Jay et Al, Moneytree and The Moulettes @ The Railway, Winchester - 22/03/2008 Thomas Tantrum and Arthur @ Lennons, Southampton - 22/03/2008 Mozy Dare @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 22/03/2008 OK Tokyo @ Unit 22, Southampton - 22/03/2008 The Only Ones @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/03/2008 Flook, Luka Bloom and Lau @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 23/03/2008 Bad Toad @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 22/03/2008 Ade Cull, Mike Hoggarth and The Two Chiefs @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 23/03/2008 RTP, Scaramoose, Loz Bridge and Luke Ferre @ Drift, Southsea - 23/03/2008 Boy Kill Boy, The Darling Age and The Haunt @ The Railway, Winchester - 23/03/2008 SOLD OUT! Jaimison, Kill The Arcade, Switch Transmission and A Strange In Moscow @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/03/2008 Scouting For Girls @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 24/03/2008 SOLD OUT! Mask of Judas, Akakios and Alternative Carpark @ Café Havana, Southsea - 24/03/2008 The Christians @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/03/2008 Beyond All Reason @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/03/2008 Cozy Flashback, The White Coats, The Gun Shop and Yop Radio Saga @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/03/2008 Scouting For Girls @ The Dome, Brighton - 25/03/2008 SOLD OUT! Kurt Cooder, Loz, Andy Foster and The B Of The Bang @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 25/03/2008 Dopamine @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/03/2008 Parka, Fresh Legs and Jony Dare @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/03/2008 Vincent Treacy, Dave James Wheat and Jay @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 25/03/2008 Cut The Blue Wire, Blue Sky Summer, Munroe Effect and Melodrama @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008 Roni Size and Dynamite MC @ The Walkabout, Southampton - 03/04/2008 John Power @ The Discovery Centre, Winchester - 13/04/2008 Scarlet Soho, Nicotine Smile and Paul Champion @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/04/2008 Mystery Jets @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/04/2008 10cc @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/04/2008 Adele @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/05/2008 The Orb @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/05/2008 InME @ The Railway, Winchester - 05/05/2008 The Strange Death of Liberal England, The Dawn Chorus and Fresh Legs @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/05/2008 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/05/2008 Howard Jones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/06/2008
Tonight's Waster sees the return of guest DJs Mike Fielding (aka Naboo from The Mighty Boosh) and Jonny Rhythm (from The Rhythm Factory) to Portsmouth's Liquid Envy, who'll be joining the resident Southsea Mafia DJs for a session on the decks. The doors open at 2200, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after.
The Hobbit in Southampton will be hosting its 8th Real Ale & Blues Festivalthis weekend, from Friday 21st through Monday 24th March. As well as the 30 Real Ales and selection of Ciders and Belgian beers on offer there'll also be live performances from Chris Keates and White Room (Friday), Dave Arcari, Keith Christmas and Tom Dale (Saturday) and The Jon Walsh Blues Band, Chris Collins & Blues Etc, Arnie Cottrell and The Riverside Blues Band to entertain you whilst you slake your thirst.
Details of the Topman NME New Noise Tour 2008, which calls in at Concorde 2in Brighton on Monday 5th May, have been released. The line-up includes Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo and White Lies; tickets are available now.
The Joiners in Southampton will be holding its regular all day Bank Holidayshindig this Monday, 24th March. The line-up includes Bury Tomorrow, The Arusha Accord, Lower Than Atlantis, Nex, Furisode, Penny's Dropper, Where Loyalties Lie (ex-A Broken Disciple), Draegon, The Craving, April Dead and Gehenna VII VII VII. Tickets are £6 in advance, £8 on the day, and doors open at 1400.
Portsmouth's Little Johnny Russell's will be transformed into a hoochy coochy bar for the next two evenings when it hosts Burlesque For Breasts, a charity event in aid of Cancer Research UK. Tonight's indie-flavoured bill includes live performances from Goodnight Jonathan, The Levels and The Lonely Cardinals, whereas tomorrow evening takes a decidely funkier turn with sets from Mr Bigstuff and The Freestyle Funk Collective. Entry is £3(Wednesday, from 1900) and £4 (Thursday, from 1930).
Judge-Mental takes over The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth this Saturday, 22nd March, for a raucous evening of hard trance and techno, spread over two rooms. Omaha v's Audiodice, Dan Thompson v's N8te, Sam Bylett and Royston are pitching up in Room 2, whilst Room 1 features sets from Lucy Fur, Caz Wood v's Nathalie and The Judge v's Mizniss. Doors open at 2130 and tickets are £8 in advance.
Paddy Taylor and Aitch are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms in Portsmouth tomorrow, Thursday 20th March. Budding performers have a two song chance to entertain the crowd during the regular Open Mike sessions, either before the guest sets from 1900 to 2000, or after from 2200 to 0000. Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
The Fareham & Gosport Festival takes place this Easter weekend, featuring series of folktastic events throughout the borough from Thursday 20th Marchthrough to Bank Holiday Monday. Amongst the acts taking part are The Men They Couldn't Hang, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Alistair Russell, Kathryn Tickell, Tim Edey, Brendan Power & Lucy Randall, Breabach, Wheeler Street, Spiers & Boden and a special acoustic performance from agit-prop malevolents Chumbwumba. A limited number of tickets are available via the festival website.
Put a fork in me, I'm done; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Spritualized and St Germain, very mellow. Have a most excellent Easter, be sure to join me next week when I'll be pointing the finger in a Kitchener-style in someone's general direction.
Moving on, here's the gigs what I found amongst the back pages of this week's NME:
Youthmovies and Lovvers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/04/2008 Future Of The Left @ Audio, Brighton - 03/04/2008 Holy Fuck @ Digital, Brighton - 07/04/2008 Envy And Other Sins @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/04/2008 Tokyo Police Club @ Digital, Brighton - 16/04/2008 The Kills @ The Wedgewood Room, Portsmouth - 25/04/2008 These New Puritans @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/04/2008 Mystery Jets @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/04/2008 Team Waterpolo @ Digital, Brighton - 18/03/2008 Wendy James & Racine @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/03/2008 Thomas Tantrum @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/03/2008 Crystal Arcade @ The Gander, Bournemouth - 22/03/2008 Sam Isaac @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008 Mystery Jets @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 01/05/2008 The Holloways @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 05/05/2008 Pendulum @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 07/05/2008SOLD OUT! Black Kids @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 10/05/2008 Mystery Jets @ Digital, Brighton - 17/05/2008 Hadouken! @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 17/05/2008 Royworld @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/05/2008 The Little Ones @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/05/2008 Guillemots @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 30/05/2008 Guillemots @ The Dome, Brighton - 31/05/2008 Isabel Campbell & Mark Lanegan @ St George's Church, Brighton - 11/06/2008
I'll add the above gigs into the marvellous mechanical SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I get the time (when exactly that might be I couldn't say; The Flumps and Bagpuss DVDs are pretty much stealing all my time at the moment). The Events Calendar is, as I may have mentioned once or twice, darn handy for the idle gig monkey at a loose end, full as it is of gigs just around the corner. Like these:
Kid Harpoon, Helsinki (ex-Babyshambles) and Will McNicol @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/03/2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Project @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 12/03/2008 Turisas @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/03/2008 Alex & The Ligers, Mavis Grind, Run Walk! and English Days @ The Railway, Winchester - 12/03/2008 Bob Long & Keith @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/03/2008 Whole Lotta Led (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 13/03/2008 The Hoosiers @ The Dome, Brighton - 13/03/2008 Strawberry Blondes @ Unit 22, Southampton - 13/03/2008 Hobos & Eskimos, The Weather Committee and Sonic View @ Havant Arts Centre - 13/03/2008 Failsafe, The Fake Exterior and The Light Divided @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/03/2008 Linchpin, The Moho and Bad Love & Licker @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/03/2008 Magic (Queen tribute) @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 13/03/2008 Sugababes @ The Dome, Brighton - 14/03/2008 Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute) and Alan Davey's Gunslinger @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/03/2008 No Jacket Required (Phil Collins tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/03/2008 The Silver Beatles @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/03/2008 Abram Wilson & The Delta Blues Project @ Pavilion Theatre, Brighton - 14/03/2008 David Gray and Dlugokecki @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/03/2008SOLD OUT! Turisas and Alestorm @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 14/03/2008 The Metros @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/03/2008 Harun and Haydon Spenceley @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 14/03/2008 Who's Who @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/03/2008 Gerry & The Pacemakers, Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich @ City Hall, Salisbury - 14/03/2008 Rugged Fantasia @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 14/03/2008 Bob Hall's UK Blues Band @ Havant Arts Centre - 14/03/2008 Gary Numan and Robots In Disguise @ Student Union, Southampton University - 14/03/2008SOLD OUT! James Owen Fender @ The Railway, Winchester - 14/03/2008 Mary Jane @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/03/2008 The Coal Porters @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 15/03/2008 Mary Hampton, -a+M and Coal Man Has Black Hands @ Komedia, Brighton - 15/03/2008 Cool Banana @ Red, White & Blue, Portsmouth - 15/03/2008 One Weird Fish @ The Fiddlers Elbow, Brighton - 15/03/2008 The Dodge Brothers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/03/2008 The Geoff Eales Trio @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 15/03/2008SOLD OUT! Trauma Pet, I Am Immune and Bleak @ The Joiners, Southampton - 15/03/2008 Gilles Peterson @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 15/03/2008 The Wallbirds @ Unit 22, Southampton - 15/03/2008 Kelly's Tattoo @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/03/2008 The World Famous Redsox @ The Brook, Southampton - 15/03/2008 Creamy (Cream tribute) @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 15/03/2008 The Illegal Eagles @ City Hall, Salisbury - 15/03/2008 Talk Taxis @ Lennons, Southampton - 15/03/2008 The Vison, The Good Time Charlies and Kelevra @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/03/2008 Gay Against You, Kumiss and Youch Rock @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/03/2008 An Seisiun @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/03/2008 Sophie Ellis-Bextor @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 16/03/2008CANCELLED Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri @ Pavilion Theatre, Brighton - 16/03/2008 Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 16/03/2008 RSJ, The More I See and Iris @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/03/2008 The Rivers Of Sound @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 16/03/2008 Birdpen, Soulswitch and Rupture Farms @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/03/2008 Kathryn Williams & Neill McColl @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/03/2008 Tubelord, Canterbury, Goodbye Stereo and Venice Ahoy @ Railway Rifles Club, Portsmouth - 16/03/2008 Karine Polwart @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 16/03/2008 RTP, Little Aitch and The Way (acoustic) @ Drift, Southsea - 16/03/2008 White Knuckle Blues Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 17/03/2008 An Seisiun @ Havant Arts Centre - 17/03/2008 The Return of The Orchestra (ex-ELO) @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 17/03/2008 Big Linda @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/03/2008 Slow Down Charlie, Alistair Goodwin and Marcelles @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 18/03/2008 The Feeling @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/03/2008 SOLD OUT! Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 18/03/2008 First Night Nerves and Becky Anderson @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 18/03/2008 Hayseed Dixie @ The Brook, Southampton - 18/03/2008 Official Secrets Act, The Model Village and The Sinnicks @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 18/03/2008 Kids Can't Fly, We're What's Left and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/03/2008 Slagsmålsklubben @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/04/2008 Sherman Robertson @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 07/05/2008 The Frank & Walters @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/05/2008 The Wedding Present @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 30/05/2008 Howard Jones @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 12/06/2008
Joining resident Southsea Mafia DJs Lemon and will chuMp at indie night Waster this evening are Cut The Blue Wire and All These Arms. The doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after.
Southampton's Talking Heads hosts this month's regional try-out for the 2008 Red Stripe Music Awards tomorrow night, Thursday 13th March. I Falter, Moral Soul, The Ramblings and Hellcyon will each be hoping they'll be the act who progresses through to the next round (and from there to May's Grand Final, where their own tour bus and festival slots await the winners).
And that's it for this week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Bat For Lashes and the Junosoundtrack CD. Join me next week when I'll be donning my bunny suit and pretending to be invisible.
Moving swiftly on, herewith be the gigs what I blatantly lifted from the back pages of this week's NME:
Look See Proof @ Reaction, Poole - 29/03/2008 Midnight Juggernauts and Cazals @ The Barfly, Brighton - 21/03/2008 Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Mr C's, Poole - 22/03/2008 The Ting Tings @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/04/2008 The Teenagers @ The Barfly, Brighton - 06/04/2008 Sia @ Komedia, Brighton - 08/04/2008 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ The Barfly, Brighton - 22/04/2008 The Wombats and Santogold @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 28/04/2008SOLD OUT! Dirty Pretty Things @ Corn Exchange, Brighton - 28/05/2008
At some point yet to be decided, when I'm not out propping up a bar or perusing the delights of the Midnight Tandoori's fine menu, I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the gigs above. As I infer from time to time the Events Calendar is an almost invaluable tool for the average gig monkey, as it's just full of gigs. Like these for example:
The Futureheads @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 05/03/2008SOLD OUT! The Matches @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/03/2008 4ft Fingers @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/03/2008 A Man Down @ Unit 22, Southampton - 05/03/2008 Ruby Soho @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 05/03/2008 Ginger (of The Wildhearts), Idiot3 and Eureka Machines @ The Railway, Winchester - 05/03/2008 Mr Scruff (DJ) @ The Brook, Southampton - 06/03/2008 Jon Amor @ South Parade Pier, Portsmouth - 06/03/2008 Miss Conduct, Furisode, Finely Tuned Assassins and Dead Mile @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/03/2008 Sarah Jane Morris @ Komedia, Brighton - 06/03/2008 Trash Fashion @ Unit 22, Southampton - 06/03/2008 Tina Dico @ Komedia, Brighton - 06/03/2008 Jazica, Fresh Legs, The Curves and Disaster By Design @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 06/3/2008 Mary Jane @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 07/03/2008 The Godmothers of Invention @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/03/2008 One Weird Fish @ The Brickmakers, Swanmore - 07/03/2008 Charlie Dark @ Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 07/03/2008 Good Shoes (DJ set) @ Little Johnny Russells, Portsmouth - 07/03/2008 Toupé and Ten To Never @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/03/2008 The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 07/03/2008 Sophie Wright @ Student Union, Southampton University - 07/03/2008 Blah Blah Blah and Sine Star Project @ The Railway, Winchester - 07/03/2008 The Dub Messengers and The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 07/03/2008 Cantaloop @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 08/03/2008 If 6 Were Nine @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 08/03/2008 You Me At 6 @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/03/2008 Clayson & The Argonauts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/03/2008 The Purple Project @ The Brook, Southampton - 08/03/2008 Craobh Rua @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 08/03/2008 Blah Blah Blah and The Stencils @ Lennons, Southampton - 08/03/2008 Eric's Trip @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 08/03/2008 Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 08/03/2008 Hardly Heroes, The Wide Eyes and Two Fingers Of Water @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 08/03/2008 The Sensational Johnny Depps @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 08/03/2008 The Cropdusters @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 08/03/2008 Buddy Whittington @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/03/2008 Man @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/03/2008 Polly & The Billets Doux, Vijay and Tali Trow @ The Railway, Winchester - 09/03/2008 The Teapot Junkies @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 09/03/2008 Kate Nash @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 09/03/2008 Miss Murdoch and Hip Fandango @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/03/2008 RTP, Karen Harmony, Stu Ingram and Andy Muscat @ Drift, Southsea - 09/03/2008 Jack Peñate @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/03/2008SOLD OUT! The Exits, Cure The Disaster, Loose Tongue and Joby @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/03/2008 Clannad @ The Dome, Brighton - 10/03/2008 Hardly Heroes, Leptany, Throwing Paper Aeroplanes and Midnight Dance Party @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 10/03/2008 Steve Waterman Quartet @ The Inn Lodge, Portsmouth - 10/03/2008 Stiff Little Fingers @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/03/2008 Cliff Gater Band @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 10/03/2008 Infadels @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/03/2008 Duffy @ Komedia, Brighton - 10/03/2008SOLD OUT! Sandi Thom @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/03/2008 Red Priest @ Turner Sims Hall, Southampton - 11/03/2008 Aitch, Two Fingers Of Firewater, Emma King & The Heartsets and Bemis @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 11/03/2008 Carmen Souza @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 11/03/2008 Flies Are Spies From Hell and Helen Keller @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/03/2008 The Hoosiers @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 11/03/2008SOLD OUT! Stencils, Last Action Hero, Gasbarpanic and Ten Letters @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 11/03/2008 Becky Anderson, Amy & Charlie and Tremain @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 11/03/2008 Efterklang and Our Broken Garden @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/03/2008 Chris Helme (ex-Seahorses) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008 Chris Farlowe @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/04/2008 Vampire Weekend @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/05/2008SOLD OUT!
Live music from The Model Village and 47s, plus well spun tunes courtesy of Southsea Mafia DJs Lemon and will chuMp, are on offer at Waster this evening. Doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at at 2200, entrance is only £1 before 2300 (after which it's a still reasonable £3).
Champ Of The Day and Tom Dangerous are the guests at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow night, Thursday 6th March, in The Barn at The Milton Arms in Portsmouth. The regular Open Mike session follows afterward, the usual two song limit applies for those wanting to take the stage and entertain the crowd. Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
Hipshaker descends on The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth this Saturday, 8th March, for another blistering evening of classic 60s soul, funk and R&B served up by the resident DJs, with live music from The Racketeers on offer as well. Doors open at 2130 and tickets are £5.
Portsmouth's VUE cinema will be showing a special presentation of the Muse's new live DVD, HAARP, filmed at Wembley last summer. The high definition screening takes place on Tuesday 11th March at £10, tickets can be purchased via the VUE website.
And this me done for another week. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to INXS and The Shins. Join me next week when I'll be wondering where the light switch is.
